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Last week, Torontoist reported that the Alliance Atlantis–owned Cumberland Cinemas were going to be demolished to make room for a condo development, based on information from the Greater Yorkville Residents' Association (GYRA).

Telus announced on Tuesday that it’s pulling out of the bidding war for BCE, Canada’s biggest telecommunications company, after citing "inadequacies" in the bidding process. The remaining bidders are backed by U.S. private-equity firms, which analysts say might be a problem since foreign companies can’t own more than 46.67 percent of telecom providers. And even though almost half of Canadians are against a Telus-BCE merge, 65 percent still prefer it to foreign takeover of the company.

Ah, convergence. It's a word fraught with different meanings, competing motives, and opinions up the proverbial wazoo. To some, convergence is a paradise of synergy, cross-promotion, and massive profits. To others, it's confirmation that more and more information is being disseminated by less and less people. Wherever you stand, however, the world of Toronto media overlords might be on the verge of becoming a whole lot smaller, as Alliance Atlantis confirmed today that one of the companies it is in exclusive talks to sell itself to is none other than Canadian broadcasting and publishing behemoth CanWest Global.

It surprises Torontoist that the Toronto International Film Festival Group’s Student Film Showcase has only been running for 3 years. I guess that means we can’t (quite yet) talk big about how winners went on to do great things, but getting your film shown on the big screen fits our description of a ‘great thing’, anyway. This year's Showcase is held at 7pm tomorrow night (Wednesday, May 24) at the Alliance Atlantis Cumberland Cinema (159 Cumberland Street). Tickets are $5 and 12 films are being shown, including Tim Moore of Ryerson University’s witty Color Bars, Bruce Clement of Confederation College’s not-quite-Day of the Triffids slasher flick The Plant.